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Seven services, one purpose: keep the container working.
Selling totes is the easy part. The work that decides whether a container gets another decade or a one-way trip to a landfill is the unglamorous stuff — buying it back, washing it properly, welding the cage, testing the plate, and putting it on the right truck. That is most of what we do.
Short answer
We buy your empties, wash and recertify containers, haul them nationwide, collect from your dock, manage closed-loop fleets, and reclaim what is genuinely finished.
- Own-truck radius
- 6 states
- Freight
- Nationwide
- Wash line
- 9 stations
- Recert
- In house
Form 01 · Spec request
Which service do you need?
Pick one in the service field or leave it blank and describe the situation. Most enquiries turn out to need two or three of these, and we will scope all of them in one reply.
Service index
What each one actually involves.
How they combine
Most jobs use two or three of them together.
These are the combinations we quote most often. If yours is not here, describe it — we build the sequence around the container, not around a price list.
| Situation | Services used | Typical outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Yard full of mixed empties | Collection + purchase + reclaim | Yard cleared, payment issued, diversion statement |
| Need 40 clean totes for a new blend | Reconditioning + freight | Washed, tested units delivered with wash records |
| Hazmat fleet with expired plates | Recertification + washing | Containers legally back in regulated service |
| Recurring outbound shipments | Container management + collection | Closed loop with quarterly reuse reporting |
| Plant closure or line change | Collection + purchase + recycling | Everything removed, value recovered, nothing buried |
| Containers stuck at a customer site | Retrieval + wash + return | Assets recovered instead of written off |
Documentation
What you get on paper.
Sustainability teams and auditors ask for evidence, not adjectives. Every service produces a record.
Wash certificate
Prior contents, wash cycle, date, operator and unit serial for every reconditioned container.
Leakproofness record
Test pressure, hold time, result and re-marking detail for units returning to regulated service.
Diversion statement
Tonnage and unit counts split by reuse, rebottle, repair and material reclaim across a period.
Purchase record
Counts, grades and prices for containers we buy, suitable for asset write-off documentation.
Bill of lading
Standard freight paperwork on every load, with unit counts by grade and destination.
Fleet report
Quarterly serial-level reporting for container management customers: turns, losses, wash cycles, repairs.
Questions
Working with us, answered.
01Can I use one service without the others?
Yes. Plenty of customers only ever sell us empties, and plenty only ever buy. The services stack if you want them to — a container management programme is really just all of them on a schedule — but nothing is bundled.
02Do you work with brokers and other recyclers?
Regularly. If you handle containers as part of a wider waste stream and want a downstream partner who will actually reuse rather than shred, we are that partner and we will document what happened to each load.
03What paperwork do you provide?
Purchase records for totes we buy, wash certificates for units we clean, leakproofness test records for recertified containers, bills of lading for freight, and diversion statements summarising reuse versus reclaim for sustainability reporting.
04How quickly can you collect?
Within our six-state truck radius, typically 48 hours to a week depending on the lane. Outside it we arrange contract freight, which usually adds a few days but rarely more.
Service reference
Turnaround, minimums and what each service produces.
Planning figures for scoping a job. Actual dates depend on your lane and the state of what arrives.
| Service | Typical turnaround | Minimum | Output document | Paid or paying |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase of your empties | Quote in 1 business day | ~1 pallet | Purchase record with grades | We pay you |
| On-site collection | 48 hr – 1 week regionally | ~1 pallet | Bill of lading, purchase record | Usually pays you |
| Reconditioning & washing | 5–10 working days | 1 pallet | Wash certificate, pressure test | You pay |
| Rebottling | 2–3 weeks | 1 pallet | Build record, pressure test | You pay |
| UN recertification | 3–5 days added | Any | Leakproofness record, re-marking | You pay |
| Transportation | By lane | Any | Bill of lading | You pay |
| End-of-life reclaim | By schedule | ~1 pallet | Diversion statement | Varies by grade split |
| Container management | Ongoing | ~200 units | Quarterly serial-level report | You pay, and stop replacing |
Coverage
Lanes, lead times and where consolidation helps.
| Region | Own truck | Frequency | Lead time | Small counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Ohio | Yes | Weekly or better | 48 hr – 1 week | Easy — ride an existing lane |
| Rest of Ohio | Yes | Weekly | 3 days – 1 week | Usually possible |
| Western Pennsylvania | Yes | Weekly | 1 week | Usually possible |
| Southeast Michigan | Yes | Weekly | 1 week | Usually possible |
| Northern Indiana | Yes | Fortnightly | 1–2 weeks | Depends on schedule |
| Kentucky / West Virginia | Yes | Fortnightly | 1–2 weeks | Depends on schedule |
| Rest of the United States | Contract freight | As booked | 1–3 weeks | Best at load quantities |
The single most useful thing you can tell us is how firm your dates are. Flexibility is what lets a small order ride a truck that is already going, which is where most of the saving on sub-twenty-unit jobs actually lives.
Scoping
What we need to price each service.
| Service | Essential | Helpful | Changes the price most |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buying your empties | Count, prior contents, ZIP | Photos, plate images, grade split | Documented prior contents |
| Collection | Count, site access, ZIP | Forklift availability, receiving hours | Whether the load is sorted |
| Reconditioning | Prior contents, count | Next contents, outlet spec | The wash cycle the chemistry needs |
| Rebottling | Count, cage condition | Whether regulated service is intended | Cage acceptance rate |
| Recertification | Count, one plate photo | Manufacture and last test dates | How many plates are legible |
| Transportation | Count, ZIP, dates | Date flexibility, dock or ground | Whether it rides a scheduled lane |
| Reclaim | Count, prior contents | Whether residue is regulated | How much is genuinely unrecoverable |
| Container management | Fleet size, lanes | Existing register, plate dates | Retrieval consolidation |
Extended FAQ · 7 questions
More questions, answered
01Can I use one service without the others?
Yes. Plenty of customers only ever sell us empties and plenty only ever buy. The services stack if you want them to — a container management programme is really all of them on a schedule — but nothing is bundled.
02Do you work with brokers and other recyclers?
Regularly. If you handle containers as part of a wider waste stream and want a downstream partner who will reuse rather than shred, we are that partner and we will document what happened to each load.
03What paperwork do you provide?
Purchase records for containers we buy, wash certificates for units we clean, leakproofness records for recertified containers, bills of lading on every load, and diversion statements summarising reuse against reclaim for sustainability reporting.
04How quickly can you collect?
Within the six-state own-truck radius, typically 48 hours to a week depending on the lane. Outside it we arrange contract freight, which usually adds a few days but rarely more.
05Will a collection pay me or cost me?
It depends on the grade split. A load with resale value usually nets a payment after collection costs; a load of unknown-contents containers destined for reclaim may carry a charge. We tell you which before a truck is booked.
06Can you handle a whole plant clearance?
Regularly. Plant closures, line changes and site consolidations are a large part of what we do, including mixed loads of totes, drums, cages, pallets and loose fittings.
07Do I have to sort containers before you arrive?
No — sorting on site is part of the collection service and our crew is faster at it. If your team has already sorted by size and prior contents the collection is quicker and usually worth more per unit, but it is not a requirement.
Next step
Describe the situation, not the service.
Half our customers do not know which of these they need, and that is fine. Tell us what is sitting in the yard and we will scope it.